Article of furniture



Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,375 I A. w. ALLEMEIER ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed May 2 1925 s Sheets-Sheet 1 abbomg Feb. 9 1926.

1,572,375 A. w. ALLEMEIER ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed May 2. 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT 011F165.

ALBERT W. ALLEMEIER,-0F TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WOODCRAFT COM- PANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO,

A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

ARTICLE OF FURNITURE.

Application fi1edMay 2, 1925. Serial No. 27,388.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT 1V. Annu- MEIER, a citlzen of the Unlted States,.and a resident vof Toledo, in the county of Lucas crease/the supporting area at the will ofthe user.

Objects of this invention are to provide an article of furniture having an 8Xl311S1bl6 member which may be :moved to such a position that the supporting area is increased; to provide a new and improved extensible supporting 'member for articles of furniture having the unique features of arrangement and operation hereinafter described; and to provide sustaining means for such supporting member having the novel features hereinafter pointed out.

The inventionis shown by way of illustration in the accompanying drawings, in which t Figure l is'a side elevation partly in section of a couch of the davenport type em.- bodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view with some of the parts broken away, of the couch shown in Fig. 1;,Fig. 3 is a a perspective of the corner construction of the couch; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5'.5 of F ig. 1; Fig. 6 is atransverse sectional view of the couch showing the extensible supporting member in one position. Fig. 7 i s-a7 fragmentary sectional View showing the extensible supporting member in another position of adjustment, and Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig. 7 showing the sup porting member in position of use.

The illustrated embodiment of the. invention comprises a couch consisting of a frame of wood or other suitable material having front and rear longitudinal frame members '1 .and 2, which are connected at their ends by cross members 3 and support ingthe front end of the couch are a pair of legs 4. The rear end of the couch is supported by legs 5 which extend upwardly and outwardly to provide upright supports 6 for the back of the couch. Extending longitudinally of the couch and connecting the uprights 6 intermediate the ends thereof is a brace 7, and connecting the upper ends a bed of substantial proportions, an extensection on the line 3--8 of Fig. 1,; F 1g. 4 1s of the uprights 6 is a brace 8 which is connected to the brace 7 by rods 9. i Supported on the front legs 4 and joining the braces l and are upwardly and outwardly extending arms 10 which are connected to the rear uprights 6 by the side arms 11. A strip lZ-extends across the front of the couch and the opposite ends thereof are connected to the uprights 10 by anglebrackets 13 which are secured to the respective parts by screws. As shown a space is provided between the ends of the stripsf12 and uprights 10 for a purpose hereinafter :de-

scribed.

Secured to the braces 2, 3 and the strip 12 is a substantially flat member 14 providing the seat .or supporting surface of the couch and .on which the spring seat 15 may be mounted. Formed in the front portion of the main support let adjacent the opposite ends thereof are slots 15 which are arranged adjacent the angle brackets 13. As indicated by the dotted lines in thedrawings the arms 11 may be padded or :cush-;

"ioned at 16 and cushionsl'r' maybe also provided for the back of the couchin any usual or preferred manner.

In order to increase the supporting area of the couch, and to convert thecouch into sible supplemental support is adapted to be normally disposed in nested or telescop ing engagement with the couch structure.

The supplemental support comprises aflat surface 18-to the forward edge of which is connected a facing strip 19 whicheXtends the entire lengtl'i thereof. Connected to the opposite ends of the supporting memberare strips 20 which are provided at the inner ends thereof with depending-cam pieces 21,

the surrounding edges of which are covered by metal strips 22 which are'bent to provide stops 23 at the rearend of the supplelnental support. :Formed in'the cam pieces 21 and extending longitudinally of the 'supplemeir -tal support are slots 24:.

end thereof engage the cam surfaces .25 of the strip 1. Further outward movement causes the supplemental support to move upwardly approaching the horizontal plane of the main support i l of the couch (Fig.

Thereupon the stops 23"abut against the angle brackets 13 to arrest further outward movement of the supplemental sup-- port. support a slight space is left betweenthe rear end thereof and the forward end of the main support 14. v

In order to hold the supplemental support in approximately the horizontal plane of the main supportl l, a pair of rods 26 are connected to the rear face of the strip 12 by sleevebrackets 2'? to have sliding movement therein. the rods 26 outwardly to bridge the space between the end of thestrip 12 and the uprights 10, a lever 28 is fixed intermediate its ends to a pin 29, and the ends of the rods 26 are pivoted to opposite ends of this lever.

handle in one direction both .rods'26 are forced outwardly into the slots 24 of the 7 wardly to the position indicated in Fig. 6,

cam member 21. Thereafter the supplemental support may be mo *ed rearwardly toward the main support let to .lie in approximately the same horizontal plane. The

supplemental:support is further aligned and positioned relatively to the main support 14 by pins 31 fixed to the rear face of the strl 19 these mus hem arran ed to p 9 n t 2 project into suitable apertures formed in the strap 12. a

In order to support the outer end of the I supplementalsupport, legs 32 are pivoted at one end thereof. adjacent the facing strip 19 between parallel bars 88, so that when the supplemental support is moved outwardly for use the legs 32 maybe swung down- -wardly andoutwardly at substantially right angles, as indicated in Fig. 8.

For returning the supplemental support to telescoping position, the support is first moved outwardlyto permit-access to the actuating member 30 which is thereafter rotated to withdraw the rods 26 from the slots 24. The legs 32 are then swung upsupporting member.

An outstanding characteristic of the invention resldes 1n the provlsion of an ex- In this position of the supplemental For OOIUOIDtlY moving -I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent 1s: Y

tensible supporting element which normally may be disposed concealed in telescoping relation to the remainder of the structure and which, when desired. may readily be moved to useful position in approximate alignment with the main support. A further feature of the inventionconsists in the provision of the unique mechanism heretofore described which is readily accessible from the outside of the structure for locking the extensible support in proper position relative to the main support for use in conjunction therewith. 'f

The spring seat 15? heretofore mentioned may include the usual padded cushions andwire springs commonly employed in couches of the davenport type. The cardinal ad vantage of positioningthe extensible supplem'ental' su'pport in the manner indicated is that it in no way interferes with the cushioning action of the springs and other cushioning structure because it is located below the main support 14 upon which the cushioning structure is supported. This is a marked improvement over prior couch constructions in which extensible supports have portions projecting into the spring arrangement because these projecting portions interfere materially with the efficient action of the springs.

' used to advantage in desks, chairs and other simlla r articles of furniture, and while I in the application may be effected without departing 'fromthe invention", especially as defined in the appended claims.

I Having thus described my invention, what 1. An article of furniture having a base portionpro'vlded w th aguideway, a sup porting surface above said guideway, a supplemental 'support slidable on said guide-- way, said guideway having slots, cam elements onsaid support depending into said slots whereby when said support is moved outwardly. on said guideway the cam elements engage one end of the slots and ele- 3 vate said supportto approximately the horizontal plane of said surface in spaced re lation thereto, and means for engaging said support for holding one side thereof in position, the connection between said holding means and support permitting relative movement therebetween whereby said support may be moved into close pixtaposition to said supporting surface. p 2. Anarticle of manufacture having a in details of arrangement, construction and base portion, a supporting surface, a supplemental support normally disposed beneath said surface, said support being horizontally extensible to one side of said surface, means for elevating said support to a plane approximately coincident with the plane of said surface, one of said parts having an elongate slot, a movable rod on another part, and means for actuating said rod whereby when said support is fully extended said rod may be moved into said slot thereby to enable the support to be held in elevated po sition and to be moved independently of the rod into close juxtaposition with said surface.

3. A davenport having a main frame provided with a seat, an extensible frame carried by the main frame, means on opposed portions of said extensible frame for elevating same to approximately the plane of said seat and in forwardly spaced relation to the front thereof when the same is moved outwardly from the main frame, means movable with relation to the extensible frame and mto and out of engagement with said elevating means for holding said extensible frame in elevated position and for permitting the same to be moved rearwardly into close juxtaposition with said seat front and manually controlled means for moving the holding means into and outof engagement with the elevating means.

4. A davenport having a main frame provided with a seat, an extensible frame carried by the main frame, meansfor elevating said extensible frame to approximately the plane of the seat in forwardly spaced relation to the front thereof, and other means engageable with and movable relative to and into and out of engagement with said extensible frame for holding the same in elevated position and for permitting the same to be moved rearwardly into close juxtaposition with said seat front.

5. A davenport including a, main frame having a seat, an extensible frame, means for elevating the extensible frame into sub stantially the plane of the seat and for disposing same spaced forwardly of the main frame, and means carried by the main frame and movable into and out of engagement with the extensible frame for holding the latter in substantially the plane of the seat and for permitting the extensible frame to be moved rearwardly to substantially close said space between the main frame and the extensible frame and while said holding means remains stationary.

6. A davenport including a stationary frame having a seat, an extensible frame below the seat, means for elevating the extensible frame into substantially the plane of the seat, and for disposing the extensible frame spaced forwardly of the stationary frame, and permitting movement of the extensible frame rearwardly to contact with the stationary frame, and manually operable means movable into and out oflatching position, relative to the extensible frame for latching same in elevated position and for permitting said rearward movement thereof to substantially close the space between the stationary frame and the extensible frame, said latching means upon release permitting the extensible frame to be lowered.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT W. ALLEMEIER. 

